DE8230219U1 - Electronic cash register - Google Patents

Description

E »EICHLER ELEKTRONIK GMBH * Pänkfatiusstrasse 9,

61ÖÖ Darmstadt

Electronic cash register

The innovation relates to an electronic cash register For department stores and the like, the housing of which has a pull-out drawer with a device on the front bottom has a keyboard for storing coins and above this drawer.

j Such cash registers are known in manifold design.

It is the task of the innovation to specify a novel design of an electronic cash register, which according to ergo ^ nomic principles and in which the individual components required in a particularly appropriate manner and elegantly combined.

This object is achieved in the electronic cash register of the type mentioned in that on the Top of the housing a mounted on a base plate printing unit is provided and the base plate on a Page - but not on the front - is thought and the arrangement is made such that the printing unit can optionally be swiveled upwards that below the normal job of the printing unit a for recording of the paper stack provided for the printing unit is suitable space and that on the housing a vertical one Axis pivotable bracket is attached, which carries a pivotable frame about a vertical axis, to

which a monitor around a substantially horizontal axis is pivotable.

Further training and developments of the innovation are marked S in the sub-arrows and are described below in connection with an exemplary embodiment, some schematically simplified figures are described. In these corresponding parts are provided with the same reference numerals, and they are all for understanding Innovation unnecessary details have been omitted.

It shows:

1 shows an electronic version executed according to the innovation Cash register, seen in front,

FIG. 2 shows the embodiment of an electronic cash register shown in FIG. 1, in side view.

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The electronic cash register shown in Figures 1 and 2 consists essentially of a housing 1, which has a cash drawer 2, a printing unit 3, under this a space 4 for the paper to be processed in the printing unit 3, and also a space 5 containing the associated electronics contains and on the front a keyboard 6 is arranged.

A support arm 7 pivotable about a vertical axis 7A is attached to the housing 1, one of which is about a vertical axis carries pivotable frame 9 in which a monitor 10 is mounted tiltable about a horizontal axis 11.

The keyboard 6 corresponds to the arrangement customary for terminals; it therefore contains all that are necessary for this Letters, numbers and characters and also special function keys as well as ten keys for the Zif-> remote 1 to 0, a key for decimal point and, if necessary, some other keys for the cash registers ^ borrowed art.

The keyboard 6 is expediently in a frame-like manner Housing arranged, which is laterally displaceable on the front of the housing.

The printing unit 3 is mounted on a base plate 3A which on the side devalued by the keyboard on the horizontal one Axis 11A to the housing or to the housing firmly connected components is hinged. The printing unit can therefore be swiveled upwards if necessary, like this is indicated in Figure 2 by dashed lines. The swiveling away of the printing unit is necessary, for example, when the paper stack 14 to be processed by the printing unit 3 is to be inserted into the space 4. It can do this Paper up to A4 format can be printed with four copies. That from the paper stack 14 to the printing unit 3 The paper fed in passes through it, is printed and exits at the top of the printing unit 3, as shown in FIG for the paper strip 14A is indicated.

The characters entered through the keyboard 6 are made visible on the screen of the monitor 10. Of the Monitor 10 is pivotable and arranged at an adjustable inclination, so that the operators can also sit at different heights always to be clearly visible.

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The cash register is connected via cable lines (not shown) with a known (not shown) Computer connected, which has a suitable interface for the intended purpose, expediently accordingly of the type commonly used under the designation RS-232 C.

The practical application of the with a computer cooperating cash register:

The buyer passing the checkout of a department store shows the items he has taken from the shelves. Everyone this article bears an article number with price information. The cashier types the item number on the keyboard one and the corresponding signals go to the computer and are returned by this on the screen Made visible in such a way that the article number, the description of the article in plain text and the price of the Article appears. If the cashier types in the number of pieces of the item, the printer will print on the Form paper the article number, number of pieces, description, unit price and the total price. This process is repeated from article to article and after pressing the sum key, the invoice amount is displayed and printed out and the process is completed.

During the process described, the number of items of the individual articles sold is stored in the computer and compared with the respective stock contents, so that after each purchase process the number of items available in each case is still available every article is saved and available at any time. It can also be provided that if the value falls below a specified minimum number of items for an article a corresponding signal is given to the warehouse responsible,

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While previously in department stores usually the buyer after leaving the cash register, only one with prices and associated short descriptions, which are usually incomprehensible to him has printed receipt in hand, the innovation offers the practical application ^ The advantage of this is that when the buyer leaves the cash register, he prints out an understandable, plain text Has a compilation of all items he has bought in his hands. This also gives the buyer a means of checking over his purchase, while he has practically no control over the type of receipts that have been customary up to now Has. The buyer will therefore be understandable to purchase goods prefer those department stores that have such electronic cash registers are equipped.

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Claims (8)

• ** t «ι claims for protection 1. Electronic cash register for department stores and the like. The housing of which on the front bottom has a pull-out Drawer (2) with storage facility, from Types of money and a keyboard (6) above this drawer, characterized in that a printing unit (3) mounted on a base plate (3A) is provided on the top of the housing (1) and the base plate (3A) on one side (11) - but not on the front - is hinged and the arrangement is made such that the printing unit (3) can optionally be pivoted upwards that below the normal Working position of the printing unit (3) for recording of the paper stack (14) provided for the printing unit (3) is a suitable space (4), and that on the housing (1) a support arm (7) which can be pivoted about a vertical axis (7A) is attached, the one about a vertical axis Axis pivotable frame (9) carries on which a monitor (10) about a substantially horizontal axis (11) is pivotable. 20th 2. Electronic cash register according to claim 1, characterized in that »that the printing unit (3) supporting ί Base plate (3A) removed from its keyboard (6) turned side is hinged to the housing (1) or to a component firmly connected to the housing. 3. Electronic cash register according to claim 1, characterized characterized in that the keyboard (6), in the direction of seen in front »rises to the rear. 30th £ β 4. Electronic cash register according to claim 1, characterized characterized in that the keyboard (6) is arranged on or on the front side of the housing (1) so as to be laterally displaceable is. 5. Electronic cash register according to claim 1, characterized characterized in that in addition to the space (4) provided for receiving the paper stack (14) for the printing unit (3) another room (5) to accommodate the operations the cash register required components is provided. _; . 6. Electronic cash register according to claim 1> characterized in that the housing (1) in the area of the 15 (viewed from the operating personnel) right side J Storage or device for receiving the lower Area of the swivel arm (7) carrying the monitor (10) Has. 7. Electronic cash register according to claim 6, characterized in that the storage or device for The lower part of the swivel arm (9) is accommodated in the rear part of the right-hand area of the housing (1) is located. 25th 8. Electronic cash register according to claim 1, characterized in that the vo7i pivotable support arm (9) supported frame (9) designed as an open top fork is. 30th Electronic cash register according to Claim 1, characterized in that the printing unit (3) located in its upper area has a: ¹ !, in the direction from left to right (as seen by the operating personnel), has a slot of more than 16 cm, preferably more than 20 cm, in width.